Tahsin Khan

“10+ years of experience” is meaningless in startups.I’ve seen too many founders hire corporate veterans who come in saying, “This is how we did it at [BigCo].” And guess what? They do it the same way—and fail.Startups need hustlers... not corporate MBAs. Look for:➜ Grit > pedigree➜ Curiosity > complacency➜ Adaptability > arroganceThe best hire isn... See more

Assume you are an online writer like Nicolas Cole or David Perell, who is giving me editing advice on my piece. Also assume you have business strategy knowledge like Michael Porter or Dan Hockenmaier, the CTO of Faire who wrote a piece on How to Be Strategic.

Give me feedback on:

The overall structure of the piece and it's main points if it flows

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Great artists don’t study art history to figure out what art to create. Great founders don’t analyze the market to figure out what product to build.